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<I><B>opacum</B></I> [[Brideaux, 1971]], p.76&ndash;77, pl.21, figs.19&ndash;22; text-figs.7d&ndash;e.&nbsp; Holotype: [[Brideaux, 1971]], pl.21, figs.21&ndash;22; text-figs.7d&ndash;e.&nbsp; Originally (and now) <I>[[Microdinium distinctum|Microdinium]]</I>, subsequently <I>[[Phanerodinium opacum|Phanerodinium]]</I>.&nbsp; [[Lentin and Williams, 1989|Lentin and Williams (1989]], p.245) retained this species in <I>[[Microdinium distinctum|Microdinium]]</I>.&nbsp; Taxonomic junior synonym: <I>[[Microdinium spinosum]]</I>, according to [[Below, 1987b|Below (1987b]], p.38).&nbsp; [[Below, 1987b|Below (1987b]], p.39) considered <I>[[Microdinium distinctum|Microdinium]]</I> (as <I>[[Phanerodinium distinctum|Phanerodinium]]</I>) <I>[[Microdinium distinctum|distinctum]]</I> to be the questionable taxonomic senior synonym of this species.&nbsp; Age: middle-late Albian.
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